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New Ulm weekly review., 1887-03-16
The Overhanging Cloud of War.

There has been a very large concen-
tratlon OF troops upon the frontier
lately, and all the movements have
been conducted in the quietest man.
ner possible, and with an evident de-
sire to maintain secrecy. Not par
ticle OF fuss nor display has been seen
in the Paris streets. Now and then
long lines OF soldiery have been noticed
marching silently, but the people have
almost ostentatiously avoided any
notice ofthe subsequent period during
the spring OR summer any such mani
fastations as those of the midsummer
OF 1870 l shall be greatly mistaken.
Every worthy citizen now feels the
pressure of war directly upon himself;
there is no longer professional army
which is dispatched to the frontier
and cheered to the echo as it goes
away. Every home and every heart
is touched. The trading class itself,
once SO selfish and SO willing to urge
on the military party to undertake
campaigns, this time is WISE because
it is itself a portion OF the army. If
the change in sentiment which has
been going on for week becomes
more pronounced, but they will be in
good order and for definite purpose.
Paris Letter
New Ulm weekly review., 1887-03-16
Whisky Coming Home.
From the Baltimore Sun.

From the Baltimore Sun.
: A considerable quantity of whisky,
which was exported in 1885 and 1886
to escape immediate payment of the
revenue tax OF so cents on the gallon,
is being brought back to this country
to be put on the market. During the
years 1879, 1880 and 1881 the distill-.
cries of this country were run to their
full capacity, working day and night.
The result was the overstocking of the
market. The government, by legisla-
ton, allowed the distilers to keep
their product in bend for three years,
at the end of which time they were re-
quired to take it out and pay inter
nal revenue tax. The government re-
fused to extend the time when the three
years expired and the distillers did not
want to throw their goods on the
market. They were allowed under
the law TO withdraw the whisky from
bonded warehouses for export. This
they did, and sent to Europe. The
distillers say that the cost of sending
it away and storing it did not amount
to more than 81 a barrel a year, Or
about LIZ cents a gallon. By keep
ing it away year the distillers gained
about 15 per cent. in quality and
price, besides coming back on a better.
/ market.
New Ulm weekly review., 1887-03-16

to greet his old work mates, looking
like one of the first gentlemen.
If you'd only seen the way Borlag
hung down his head and held out his
hand to meet Johnny's, just as if it
was a snake he was afraid was going
to bite HIM. johnny shook it as
hearty as the rest. There never was
mite OF malice in Johnny.
But his coming back wasn't hall the
wonder of it. Blessed if Whitbeck
didn't introduce him as his partner!
1t was the most stunning thing ever
knew. Itmade us gasp for breath. In
less than month there was q brand
new gilt-lettered sign put up in front
OF the factory-''Whitbeck & Lieben-
thal!'
The fact was, Johnny got a half IN
terest on the strength OF his new de-
sign and the patent. Yes, by Jupiter,
he got more. Six months after there
was a big jollifcation in the shop on
account OF the marriage of Johnny to
the only daughter of Whitbeck! Aper.
feet lady she was, and as handsome
as they make 'em.
Which shows that sensible woman
cares more for brains and manliness
in husband than just good looks.
At first along after Johnny came
back as a partner, and it was given
out that he would be the manager
in the works, thought Borlag would
wilt clean away.
And no wonder, for we all made
dead sure he'd get the bounce in short
order, on account of the mean spite
ful way he'd always treated Johnny.
But the new partner never showed
that he bore the least malice against
any of us. AS Fanch put it: it was
good enough consolation to find him
self in his present high position, and
know that he'd got it by his own
manly perseverance in the right path
to make his natural abilities count.
Certainly he had got even with the
s'mean whelp" Borlag. And if you'll
believe me, the minute the foreman
found he wasn't going to be discharg-
ed he began to sneak and truckle to
get into Johnny's favor, and toadied
and cringed to him in way that was
more sickening than the crawlv look
OF a whipped yellow cur.
New Ulm weekly review., 1887-03-16
Our Unstable Earth.

4
The terrible seismatic convulsions
in the earth OF Europe will naturally
excite apprehensions in this quarter
of the world
It will be recollected that the
Charleston disturbance of the 31st OF
August last was preceded SONS
forty y-eight hours by shocks in the
neighborhood of the Mediterranean.
This will cause an uneasy feelingevery
where until after the final subsistence
of the shocks.
We must give up our old notions
about the stability of the earth. In
point OF TACT it is very unstable. Pro
lessor Shaler, in the current number
of Scribner's Magazine, has an article
on the subject which is we'll calculated
to make the average reader believe
that the world is all feetlng show.
Speaking of the slower movements
OF the earth, the professor says:
OF these slow movements the most
interesting, because the best known,
is that which is shown by the ruins OF
the temple of Jupiter Scraps, near
Naples. We see by the evidence OF
these ruins that the temple has sunk
down since the Christian era, so that
the marine ANIMALS bored into the
marble columns at the height of more
than twenty feet above the present
level OF the sea; it then rose up to it's
original level, and is now again sink
ing at the ate of one inch in three or
tour years. A similar movement con-
nected with the process of mountain
building has been observed at Subiaco,
about forty miles to the north of
Rome. A hundred years or so ago
the church of Jenne was invisible
from Sublaco, while now it is in plain
view over the summit of the interven-
ing mountain.
An imperfect historical record ex-
tending over only brief period rem
ders it impossible to determine to
what degree the different parts of
North America have been subject to
earthquake shocks. It is believed,
however that our eastern coasts es-
capped for very long period, with the
exception OF the disturbances in New
England from l727 to l74O, and in
1855, and on the South Atlantic
coast in 1886. By far the most ex-
tended phenomenon known in this
country was the New Madrid, Mis-.
souri,, earthquake, lasting from 1911
to 1913. This convulsion turned the
lower waters of the Mississippi back
ward against their source for time
and sunk 5000 square miles ten feet
hpIOW tha nripi,, al laval
This is enough to convince us that
the region east of the Rocky mount
aims cannot count upon continuous
exemption, and the Pacific coast, we
know, has always been more or less
shaky. The slow and rapid oscilla-
tions ofthe earth are due, the profess
or says:
To the imposition OF heavy weight
upon the earth's surface, or to the re-
moval OF such a weight. A good case
OF this is the deep depression of the
northern part OF North America, where
the glacial sheet came upon it, and
its, rapid re-elevation when the ice
melted away. Others are due to the
formation OF a great fault or break
through the rocks as they are showed
about by the compress,ve forces
which build mountain chains. And,
finally, others are due to the movements
OF volcanic gases and the lava which
they propel toward the crater, whence
in time, they are to be discharged.
New Ulm weekly review., 1887-03-16

''Well,a resumed the old man, 'tthe
War went on, and at last lews came
that Lee had surrendered and that all
the soldiers would soon be at home.
My neighbors over thar sorter bright
ened up then, cheered with the hope
of soon having William with them.
The railroads 'twixt here and Virginia
was all tore up, SO the boys all had to
walk home and get home the best the
could. They paired offin, little squad
and started, every man for himself
and pretty soon this one, and then
another, according to their ability to
make the trip, came in, and several
brought the news that William was on
the road and would be here at any
moment, and that dear old mother,
who we buried last week, took her
seat by that yonder window every
morning, and thar she set watching
down this road for William, her baby
boy, who has never come yet. and
never will come. She set by that win
dow over twenty years, waiting and
watching, with a ball of thread in her
lap and a half-fnished sock in her hand
that she held to all this time, never
saying a word, but looking down the
road SO anxious, O, so anxious. Last
week about 3 o'clock one day she rails
ed her arms and with cry Of joy: my
boys! @, my boys!' she fell over on
the arm of the chair, dead. Wars
bad, stranger. very bad. Atlanta
Constitution,
New Ulm weekly review., 1887-03-16


ifshe's setting up to be schoolmarm?
What a man wants after days work
is a game OF euchre or seven-up, and
two Or three mugs of beer"
So he and the rest kept on swilling
beer and let books and newspapers
alone, while Johnny continued to
stuff his head with knowledge and let
drinking alone. At the end of a year
and a half Johnny was a new man.
don't believe his own mother would
have known him. 1t was astonishing
how the schooling he was acquiring
frightened up his face. It was still
strongly marked enough SO, to make
him seem different to most folks,
but that was hardly taken into ac-
count by the side of the new light of
educated intelligence that shone in ev-
cry feature.
Long before this the boys had stop
ped throwing slurs at him: that is,
all except Borlag. Two things went
to keep up the foreman's vindictive
feeling. First he had tried his best to
have Johnny discharged to make
room for pet of his own, and failed
and New Years, when the yearly
stock taking had been gone into j ohm
ny to the surprise OF all OF as, was
picked out to write the list of items,
on account OF the beautiful clearness
OF his handwriting. This in itself was
gall and wormwood to the foreman,
because heretofore he had always
been selected for that purpose. But
what made it rasp IN far more keenly,
the mischief-ioving beggar, Smagg,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-12-30
Working the Brain Too Little.

There is a great cutlery to he heard at pres
ent about the danger of overtaxing the brain,
and in our restless age it doubtless is posi-
tive danger TO be guarded against in the
young student no less than in the old and ex-
peiienced worker, overwork often resulting
in calling so much more blood to the brain
than can be used there, that congestion, in
sanity and death result. But nothing has
been said about danger that is the very
contrary of this, and that is the danger re-
sulting to the brain from no work at all. If
the one heats the brain too much, the other
heats it too little; it becomes, as an unused
muscle does, faced and drained, and SO COM
paratively weak and useless. 1t 'gets along"
frequently from force of habit; but make
any unusual demand and it collapses.
The brain may not at once develop its in
jury, as it is an affair of time and many PEG,
pie manage with so little use of this special
organ that nothing is expected of them; but
the breaking down is on the way all the same.
and especially if unusual thought or action is
required This is danger peculiarly threat
ening among the rich and idle of the COM
nlunity, who often lead lives, after while.
pleasure having palled, of istlessness, in.
bility to which we refer, it is strongly urged
that every one should seek some object Of
interest and healthy excitement Charity
may always prove an avenue of safety to the
people, but even the pursuit of pleasure in
this light acquires some value.-Harper's
Bazaar.
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Old Tecumseh's Way.

Gen. William T. Sherman, after the thea
ter one night, boarded Franklin avenue
car with some ladies, all OF whom found seats
except one. At the upper end of the car was
little darby, with hands in pockets and q
great deal of whites of his eyes showing
The general caught sight Of him, and, taking
him by the collar, stood him up against the
door, half frightened and certainly ignorant
Of the ofense which he had given the tall
gray bearded hero Of the March to the Sea.
Then the lady sat down. After the car had
proceeded few blocks gentleman vacated
seat and got out, Somebody called the
generals attention to the fact, and he, il the
presence of the whole carful of passengers,
took tho yonng darky in his arms, carried
him to the seat and dumped him into it.
Having given up his seat to lady the darby
was entitled to the first vacancy. and old
Tecumseh saw that he got it So Louis Post
Dispatch
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-12-30
PICTURESQUE PEDDLERS.
Curbstone Jewellers Who Hail from Tul
key and Armenia.

Curbstone jewelers. Who Hail from Tur-
key and Armenia.
Surely every one has seen the Armenians
and Turks who stand on the curbs and offer
for sale gaudy jewelry and highly colored
pictures The dark red fez is invariably
cooked upon their raven black hair, and their
faces, never any too clean, usually bear Il
look of pathetic resignation which draws
money from many an unwilling pocket
Some wear American clothing, which has
evidently seen very much better days, while
others adhere with a logged persistency
worthy Of better cause to the baggy trousers
and flowing jackets of their native land
Any one of these itinerant tradesmen in
his queer costume, which is of itself an ex-
eellent advertisement land well the rogue
knows it,, surrounded by an admiring throng
of street urchins and prospective buyers, is a
common sight upon our thoroughfares. The
writer himself never closely examined the
jewelry which these sons of the east offer for
sale, but the glileless smiles upon the VEN
doris faces have always left an impression
that they were cherished keepsalses brought
over from their native land, and with which
only dire necessity caused them to part But
alas for human guile!
salesroom of large wholesale dealer in cheap
jewelry, and there, laughing and smoking
cigarettes with the jolliest expressions
Imaginable, was a group Of the baggy trous
cred street merchants bartering for rings at
fifty cents per dozen and chains at six cents
each, which they afterward find no difficulty
in disposing of at an advance of from 500 to
1000 per cent
Whenever l see party of them entering
the door, said the salesman who was waiting
upon them, 81 always get fit Of tho horrors.
They buy considerable at time-that is, for
them. As much as $50 to S15 will be the i'll
vestment of a party, but | am obliged to
watch them as a cat docs a lot of mice PLAIN
or embossed band rings are favorites with
them, and so are heavy seal rings withsgaudy
stones. They make an immense profit now,
but if they once washed themselves and put
on ordinary clothes the majority of them
would starve.''
The leader of the band, who had been
listening intently, gravely nodded his head in
acquiescence and lighted a cigarette as lie tx
planned the salesnans views to his cornpan-
ions They agreed upon every particular
except that of their needing to be watched
and when the spokesman reached that poiut
he glanced reproachfully at the man behind
the counter, two were observed to wipe away
tears, and one improved the opportunity
which the general distraction afforded to
pocket a broken swivel which lay within
reaching distance, -Jeweler's Weekly.
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Depew's Stock of Stories

One day Chauncey NJ. Depew was asked
how il was that he was always provided with
stories that no one ever heard until he told
them His reply was Characteristic: 81
make them myself" After moment he
added: ''Now, I'll explain how that is" and
then he went on to say that a story once told
is public property, and no man can claim it
afterward OF tell it again with certainty
that it will fall against unfamiliar cars. He
said that he had found that a man who leads
an active life is constantly provided with ma
terials for good stories, He sees queer peo-
pie, gets an insight into quaint characters,
observes the humorous incidents that happen
or that have to be kept from happening, as
when a man who detests another is in one
room and the other is in the next room. He
sees what goes on in the cars and among the
people in stores and on the streets, and some
how, who shall explain how it is! Out of some
Of these ingredients at least one story a week
is built up,-New York Sun,
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A Androscoggin bleachod cot
ton, 3 cts.
Al Lo,nesdaIe bleached, 9 cts.
Al Fruit of the Loom bleached &c
A amsutta bleachcd, 121c.
Good bleached cottons, 5, 6 & &c
Lones dale cambrics, 122c
81 Brown cotton, Al and sc
A do do 6 and 7c
Al best brown cotton, 8 & Sic
Good ginghams, sc
Good calicos, 5 and &c
Heavy Osnaburg Plaids, SC
Best slhirting, Sc
Good tickings, 10 and 12c
5 Id bales cotton yarn, 90c
lib knitting cotton, 229c
Bergnan's Imported Zephyr
yarns, TIC per ounce.
100 yds spool silk, 7ca
Linen window shades on spring
rollers, 35c
Table Oil-cloth, Csc
Floor Oil-cloth, 20c @
Skirt Braids, SC
Rick Rack Braids, a bunch, SC
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-12-30
HE HEARD OF IT JUST IN TIME

Il had been about given up to
die with dyspepsia when ] first saw
the advertisement Of Shaker Extract
OF Roots or Seigel's Syrup. After
using four bottles I was able to at
tend to my business as well as ever.
l know Of several cases OF chills and
fever that have been cured by it."
So writes Mr. G'hos. Pullum, Of lay
lor, Geneva Co., Ala.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-12-30
A FLIRTING HUSBAND.

Pretty Girls Punishment of a Married
Masiaer-A Car Scene.
Do the foolish men travel mora than the
Others, or does it make man silly to put
him on car and send him away from bf,p,ea
ask this question because I meet so MANY
men acting like idiots on every journey i
take. Directly in sfsont of me on a recent
journey sat q pretty girl, perhaps % years of
age, and across the way was fine looking,
middle aged man VITA a sweet faced wife,
two lovely childres.s aud nursenaid. ,sInis
party was evidently returning for some pro-
longed visit to the country, and heading for
''Grandpia' to stay until the holidays. The
conversation of the children told all this to
every one in the parlor car. Presently when
mamma was deep in new book, and nurse
Lad the babies on a sofa at the end of the
car, the scamp of a husband opened the cam
palgn by surreptitious smiles in the looking
glass at the pretty girl. During the day he
t1Irted with her. As the Madonna faced wife
bent over her novel, the man would make
eyes right over her shoulder to the amuse-
snent and disgust of the passengers
Finally he went to a rack in which tele-
graph blanks were deposited, took one and
retired. After a while he came back, walked
to the opposite end of the car and as he re-
turned he swayed with its motion and
adroitly laid a folded paper on miss knee.
1t was the telegraph blank and on it was
this: Il am strangely interested in you and
desire further acquaintance VIII you
write me on your return to New York? A
note addressed to John johnson, 964 -
street, will reach a delighted man. Give me
some signal before leave tat the next sta
tom that I may know my fate" The girl
read over and over this impudent communi-
cation. Then, as she felt the eyes of half the
passengers upon her, she got afraid of the re-
suit and she turned to lady, passed the pa
! per over and asked, ''What would you do
were you in my place."
An old gentleman in front spoke up: ssGive
that paper, whatever there is on it, to that
insuited wife,
Well. bless me! if she didn't get up, cross
over to the chair in which the wife sat, place
the open communication on her lap, and say:
1.-The gentleman with you gave me that
moment ago. don't quite understand it.n
Nearly the whole car load watched the devel-
opflents with intense interest. Some were
sorry for the wife and felt vexed at the expo
sure OF the man for her sake, but the lady
quietly read it through. She was pale as
ashes, but she turned a glance of such con
tempt on the man that we all knew there was
trouble in store for that delusion and snare.
Then she faced about and said pleasantly to
the pretty girl: ''Thank you; you have rem
dered me very great service" The cars
stopped and the party withdrew, the flirting
husband making desperate attempt to look
unconcerned, but the outlook for one fool of
traveller was by no means pleasant, if we
could read faces-New York Sun.
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SOUTHWARK 400 AL No 443..
FasSengr MIXED mixed
CONNECTIONS.

CONNECTIONS.
Train No, 40 connects at Harper's Ferry with
Fast Limited Express Trains leaving at AGA p m,
arriving at Cincinnati at 745 m. st. Louis at $50
p. m. and Chicago at $40 p. IN.
With train leaving at 1927 D m arriving at
Pittsburg at $50 Also with train leaving at
1l:2l p. m arriving at Cincinnati at $50 D nj. st.
Louis at zoe NJ. and Chicago at $40 a. m
Connects at Weverton with train arriving at
Hagerstown at $50 p M and at Washington juno
tion with train arriving at Frederick at 3:55 p. m.
B & o. Palace Sleeping cars run through to,
PittSburg, Cincinnati St. Louis, Columbus and
Chicago. All Fast Express Trains run through TO,
above points without change Of cars.
For tickets and further information apply to B :,
s. o. Agents, or to
G. E. DUDRoW. Travl'g Pass Agt
Stanton, Va
C, X. LORD, General Passenger Agent.
W. M GLEN Manager.
20
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-12-30

GUPERB LIvERY!-I desire to announce 70 my
y friends and the public generally. that have
now one of the most complete and thoroughly
equipped LIV cry STABLES in or out of Virginia.
Fast and stylish teams. single or double First
rate saddle horses; Carriages. which for comfort
and elegance cannot be surpassed with careful
and polite drivers be secured at all times, day
or night at reasonable prices.
Baggage delivered or called for at any point Ia
the city. and carefully handled.
am prepared to offer SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS to
travelling men. Horses boarded by the day week,
or month at reasonable rates. and the very best at
tention guaranteed
will give my personal attention and assistance
to any leaving horses at stable, to sell them
to the best advantage
Give me call and you Shall not go away dlsap.
pointed. ALEX HARTMAN.
marlS StauntOn. Va.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-12-30

Shaker Extract of Roots or Sci
gels Syrup has raised me- to good
health after seven doctors had eiyc1,
me up to die with consumption
So writes r. T.. Grace, Kirhman-
vile, Todd Co.. XIV.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-12-30

All goods delivered free of charge in the city and
at depot.
dec23 STACK. SPIILER q co.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-12-21
Settlement
FINAL DISCHARGE.

~ permission Of a. w. burnside,
prohatc Judge, I will scttlc the Estate of
W. w. Putnam, deceased, mt this Onlco at
LanrenS G.. ~. on tho 18th dav OF Dec =,
1887, ut 10 o'clock, n. NJ, and ut tho sane
time Will apply for a final discharge.
All persons having demands against
said estate are hereby notified to present
tho same, in duo form, OIL or before said
day, or bc forever barred, And all in
are required to makepaymcnt by
said time.
IRBY ID PUTNAM,
Administrators.